A Brunel Centre for Contemporary Writing (BCCW) Symposium: The Life & Work of Jonathan Coe 

Featuring keynote speakers: Jonathan Coe (critic, novelist, and critic);  Vanessa Guignery (Ecole Normale Supérieure, Lyon, & Member of the Institut Universitaire de France); and, Merritt Moseley (University of North Carolina Asheville).

This symposium features the work of Jonathan Coe, one of Britain’s most significant contemporary authors. His prize-winning work What a Carve Up! reaches the twenty-first anniversary of its publication which landmark this one-day event celebrates. Coe will offer a reading, a talk and answer questions from participants.

Speakers:
Jonathan Coe (critic, novelist, and critic)
Nick Bentley (Keele University)
Vanessa Guignery (Ecole Normale Supérieure, Lyon, & Member of the Institut Universitaire de France) KEYNOTE
Rod Mengham (Jesus College, Cambridge)
Merritt Moseley (University of North Carolina Asheville) KEYNOTE
Emma Parker (Leicester University)
David Quantick (Author)
Philip Tew (Brunel University London)
Joe Brooker (Birkbeck College)
José Ramón Prado Pérez (La Universitat Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana, Spain)

Organizers: Prof. Philip Tew & Dr. Nick Hubble (Brunel University London)

When: 28 April 2015, 09:00 – 18:00

Where: Deller Hall (Senate House, basement), Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU

Find out more and register here.